Grain on the Brain Podcast
1) Nutrient Budgeting
Learn how the Nutrient Budgeting Web App helps farmers track nutrient flows, improve soil health, and reduce losses. Dr. Joanne Thiessen Martens shares insights on sustainable nutrient management and ...Show More
2) Livestock Integration Revisited
In 2021, Ward Middleton shared how he began integrating livestock onto his land by working with neighbouring cattle producers—a practice that supports nutrient cycling, builds organic matter, and redu...Show More
3) Soil Health Tools
Today Scott talks with John Cote who runs John Boy Farms near St. Agathe Manitoba. John shares about his experience growing vegetables for the local market and how and why he chose to focus on garlic....Show More
4) SK Organics Panel
In this episode, Scott interviews Cody Straza and Ian Cushon in a live panel format, recorded at the Organic Connections show in Saskatoon. Both are experienced organic farmers and they cover a wide v...Show More
5) Compost
Scott talks about the diversity and importance of compost with Rob Wunder, a fourth generation farmer, who has been exploring the world of biology on his farm through a number of different practices i...Show More
6) Storing Water and Carbon
After weathering the drought conditions in 2021, farmers all over were wondering how to increase resiliency on their farms. This panel discussion from the 2022 Prairie Organics Conference, led by Scot...Show More
7) Biologicals
In today’s episode Scott talks to Dale Overton from Overton Environmental about EcoTea. A lot of organic farmers are already using EcoTea on their farms, so we wanted to find out more about the scienc...Show More
8) Thoughtful Tillage
This episode we have guest host Allison Squires, from Upland Organics, speak with Curtis Cavers, from AAFC, about some of the things to think about before we take the discer to the fields. They also t...Show More
9) Transition to Organics
Transitioning your grain farm to organics, whether you do it field by field or all at once, can have its ups and downs. In this episode, Scott talks to Nic Podoll from the Rodale Institute about how ...Show More
10) Intercropping
Intercropping, i.e. growing two or more crops together on the same field, can improve fertility and yield, reduce disease and the increased diversity can help build resilience. Not all crops grow well...Show More